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The above
picture is of me at a Spanish fort in Panama along the Panama Canal
the summer of 1997 on tour with the band IMPALA - funny what a
camera and a little imagination will get you. Yup, that's the
Panama Canal in the background!
Contact Mr. H.
@
bhogenson@bethelsd.org
Remember, if you call and leave a message,
I
can't return calls that aren't to/from a local number.
Please leave a LOCAL (253) number I can contact you
at. :)
Head over to the
ANNOUNCEMENT page for the entire CJH BAND HANDBOOK ONLINE! - Still
a work-in-progress...
Then, head over to the EVENTS page for the updated band schedule
and more!
Here is my teaching schedule for the
2009-2010 school year:
| Period |
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Class |
| 0 hour |
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Jazz Ensemble |
| Adv. |
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Advisory |
| 1 |
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Symphonic Band |
| 2 |
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Concert Band |
| 3 |
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Plan |
| 4 |
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Beginning Band |
| 5 |
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Wind Ensemble |
A little diddy about
my education and experience... Funny what 11+ years of college will
get you...
1986 Graduated from Federal Way Senior High
School
1993 AA from Green River C.C. - Cum Laude
1996 BA Music from PLU - Magna Cum Laude
1998 MA Computer Education Gonzaga University -
Summa Cum
Laude
2000 Educational Education Certificate from City
University - Magna Cum
Laude
1996-2000 - Director of Bands at Spanaway Junior
High
2000 - Computer Specialist at Centennial
Elementary
2001-2002 - Administrator at Bethel Junior
High
2002- Present - Director of Bands at Cedarcrest
Junior High
PERFORMANCE/TOUR experience...
1979 - started playing drums in 6th
grade band
1981 - my first paid gig with a
dixieland band as a 7th grader at Enchanted Village before the
first two old green water slides were put in! (now it's called Wild
Waves water park)
1986-88 - Green River Music Company
- toured all over England
1988-1990 - Performed all over
Washington with the rock group Straight Talk
1990 - Moved to Kauai and
performed/lived at the Sheraton Kauai Resort and performed all over
the island with the group Robell. Additionally, I became involved
in Scuba Diving and earned my PADI Divemaster rating and worked on
a dive boat. Additionally, I toured to Oahu and performed at the
Rainbow club and The Black Orchid, which was part owned by Tom
Selleck at the time.
1991-Present - member of several
bands from The Dusters, Uh-Oh Daddio and 8-tracks to the current band I gig with - Dance
Factory. Our website can be viewed at:
http://www.dancefactoryusa.com and I'm the webmaster -
woo-hoo!
1991-1997 - Several tours with the
groups Trinity and Impala - here's a short list of countries I've
played in: Israel, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Korea, Haiti, Portugal,
Spain, Hawaii, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Kosrae, Kwajalein, Greece,
Turkey, Honduras, Panama, The Philippines, Pohnpei, Truk, Chuuk,
Roi Namur, Alaska, and the list goes on and on...
Groups I have shared the stage
with/opened for: Eddie Money,
The Pointer Sisters, Styx, Bachman Turner
Overdrive...
Here's a smattering of the venues/clients I've performed in/for
locally:
21 Club, A & J
Contractors, Alderbrook Resort, American Heart Association, Argosy
Cruises, B C MacDonalds, Ballard Billiards, Baxter's North, Bell
Harbor International, Conference center, Bellevue Lunch music
series , Belltown Billiards,
Bench Warmer, Best Western Hotels, Big Daddy's, Cadillac Ranch
Casino, Canterwood Golf Club, Canterwood Captain Nemo's, Center at
Norpoint, Concert on the Green, Celebration Park, Federal Way -
Family Fourth Celebration, Cheers West, Chicago’s, Clearwater
Casino, Clise Mansion, Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Club
Broadway, Columbia Tower, Crystal Ballroom – Portland, Denali
Corporation, Detlef Schrempf Foundation, Doc Maynards, Doubletree
Hotels, Drakes, Duke's, Dynamite Lounge, Eddie Money, Edmonds
Waterland festival, Edmonds Taste of Edmonds, El Gouchos, Emerald
Queen Casino, EMP, Fairhaven Bar and Grill, Federal Way Fun Days,
Fenders, Festival of the Fountains - Science Center, Fircrest
Country Club, Firwood, Fort Dent , City of Tukwila - Family 4th
Celebration, Fort Lewi s, Tacoma - 4th of
July, Fircrest Park Family Fun Days, Four Seasons Hotels, Funsters,
Gene Coulon Park, Renton - 4th of July, Gerbing Heated Clothing,
Goldies, Goodtymes – Spokane, Governor Hotel –
Portland, Governor Locke Inaugration Celebration, Harbor Club -
Bellevue, Hilton Hotels, Home Grocer.com, Howard Johnson Hotels,
Hyatt Hotels, Issaquah Concert in the Park Series, Jazzbones,
Jillians, Jimmy g's, Kirkland - The Taste of Kirkland, KJR, Lacey
Days, Landmark Convention Center, Landmark Hotels, Lane County
Fair, Eugene Oregon, Lowel Hunt, Lucky Eagle Casino, Marine’s
Military Ball, Maydenbauer Center, Merce r
Island Summer Fest, Metropolitan Market, Microsoft Corporation,
Mountaineers Club, Muckleshoot Casino, Muscular Dystrophy
Association, Newcastle - Newcastle Days, Overlake Golf
Club , Pacific Science
Center, Pampas Room, Pier 66, Pier 70 - 4th of July, Planet Hot
Rod, Port of Tacoma, Porters, Puyallup - Music and a Movie series,
Puyallup - Pioneer Park Concert Series, Puyallup Fair, Qwest
Stadium, Radens, Rainier Club, Real Networks, Red Lion Hotels,
Renton - Renton River Days, Ritchie D's, Rocksport, Royal Casino,
Sallie Mae Corporation, Sammamish - Concert Park Series, Sammamish
- 4th of July Celebration, Sand Fest - Westlake, Scoreboard Pub,
Seattle - Bite of Seattle, Seattle - Festival of the Fountain,
Seattle - Nights at the Pier, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Children’s Museum, Seattle Museum of Flight,
Seattle Science Center, Seattle
Tennis Club, Semiahmoo Resort, Sera Field - music and a movie,
Seven Ceders Casino, Shotzes, Shurgard Storage, Skagit Valley
Casino Resort, Sliders, Space Needle - New Year’s at the
Needle, Spanaway - 100 year anniversary, Spanaway Park,
Spazzo’s, Special Olympics, St. Francis Hospital, St. Joseph
Hospital, Station 56, Suncadia – Design and Disco, Swiss,
Tacoma - Concerts in the Park Series, Tacoma - The Taste of Tacoma,
Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma Firefighters, Tacoma Museum of
Glass, Tacoma Yacht Club, The Central, The Pointer Sisters, The
Shark Club, The Sportspage, STYX, The Vault, This Ain’t
Karaoke TV Series, Tulalip Resort Casino, Union
Station, USAF, USARMY,
USMC, USNAVY, UW Tacoma, Vancouver, Wa. - Six to Sunset concert
series, W hotels, Waldo's, Washington State Convention Center,
Westin Hotels, Westlake Center, Whidbey Island NAS, Woodbrook Hunt
Club, Zoobilee, an extraordinarily large number of weddings,
private parties and fraternity parties, and many more gigs OUTSIDE
the USA.
Please email me if you
have suggestions for this website or wish to see something
included!
Peace to
you,
Mr. H.
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